Cta Bus Driver Raped, Robbed

March 10, 1985

A Chicago Transit Authority driver nearing the end of her South Side route Saturday was raped and robbed by a passenger, police said. The 34-year- old woman was driving the No. 18 bus east on 16th Street at 5 a.m. when she was forced by the passenger to turn onto the 1700 block of South Kildare Avenue, according to Sgt. Leonard Sykes of Area 4 violent crimes. The passenger, described as being in his late teens or early 20s, robbed the driver of $6, police said. The driver was treated at Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center and released. The rape is the second this year of a CTA driver, according to Elcosie Gresham, president of Amalgamated Transit Union